Doctors say that for many sex addicts, hiding their addiction is part of the thrill. The other part of the thrill? Having all the sex. (abcnews.go.com)
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David Duchovny pioneers the hottest new form of celebrity rehab—sex addiction. We blame ourselves—all the clues were there, but sometimes a lie is best told between two truths. (usmagazine.com + genregirls.blogspot.com)
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An Australian preacher has a very good reason for pretending he had cancer and lying about it to his own parishioners for over two years—he was addicted to porn, of course! Pornography: Is there anything we can’t blame on it? (news.com.au)
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A group of bloggers and their commenters, who normally write about things like capital gains taxes and the legal ramifications of wiretapping, are in a bit of slap fight over a recent column by FoxNews.com “sexpert” Yvonne Fulbright. Seriously, you guys! The column was about the warning signs of porn addiction (Sign #1: If you’re reading this, you have it) and the debate revolves around an offhand remark stating that many partners just assume that using porn “is the equivalent of having an actual affair.” (Except Playboy! That’s totally cool.) At least one guy agrees, saying that paying for porn is sort of like paying to watch a prostitute have sex with someone else and that sort of makes you a cheating asshole! Others responded with more nuanced arguments, like “that’s insane.”
This conflict also has something to do with a “moral continuum,” which we thought was some kind of weapon on “Star Trek,” but apparently it just measures how much trouble you’re currently in with your girlfriend. Which leads us all back to our original question: Is looking at porn the “equivalent” of cheating on your significant other? We were going to make this today’s poll question, but given our readership, we think we know how that one would turn out. Leave your thoughts in the comments anyway.
· 8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn (foxnews.com)
· Honey, I Think You Should Know, I’ve Been Seeing Joanna Angel + Porndultery (juliansanchez.com)
· Porn and Adultery (Culture Wars) + Part (II) (theatlantic.com)
· The Douthat-Carter Continuum (willwilkinson.net)
· A Post Calculated to Boost TNR’s Web Traffic (tnr.com)
· To the People: 9. He Blogs Less (tothepeople.com)
· Thumb via Cheating Strap-on Lesbians (lesbianstraponparty.com)
Original post by Dashiell Bennett
This just in: Rehab centers that cater to sex addicts cost a lot of money and don’t really do anything. Experts say that the reason they fail so often is because most addicts believe that sex is really, really awesome. (int.iol.co.za; image via Caveh Zahedi’s “I Am A Sex Addict”)
Original post by Dashiell Bennett